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because lyndon johnson was such a smart, intuitive politician. he remembered the harry truman losing china charge by the republicans. obama reads history. he knows what was on lyndon's mind and he knows what was on truman's mind and he does not want to be the kind of person who's going to go down in historas the losing president. i mean, one of the most diffict thinks about "haunting legacy," crlie, is to try to understand what is it that presidents go through when they make major decisions about war and peace. these are human beings and they have fears and in obama's mind not only the first black president in american history-- and that's on his mind, too, as something that he cannot be careless about so you can't lose. there's so much of obama that wants simply to win but he faces problems economically, faces problems on the military side and very much like lyndon johnson who went through that whole business in the '06sbout can you have guns and butter? >> rose: did president obama make the wrong decision on afghanistan? >> marvin speaking is?
because lyndon johnson was such a smart, intuitive politician. he remembered the harry truman losing china charge by the republicans. obama reads history. he knows what was on lyndon's mind and he knows what was on truman's mind and he does not want to be the kind of person who's going to go down in historas the losing president. i mean, one of the most diffict thinks about "haunting legacy," crlie, is to try to understand what is it that presidents go through when they make major...
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lyndon johnson came to power in an extraordinary situation. it is not easy to find liberal moments between those two times when the country agree on the gold and was willing to move forward and make progress in the way we would define progress. it is a tougher hall than most people who hold these values so in that respect, significant that teddy roosevelt proposed national health insurance in 1912 and every democratic president since harry truman has tried to pass that and barack obama passed it. there are a lot of weaknesses to it but it is not nothing. the first two years of his presidency was the most consequential democratic presidency in 50 years. it is not chopped liver. i don't like chopped liver. that is point ii. that point lead to the argument i make in my book which i will be signing after this panel. which is about the system and the system is -- what i call the system which have a lot of components. part of it is the filibuster in the hold and part is the legacy of the most corrupt, incompetent and ideologically upset presidency o
lyndon johnson came to power in an extraordinary situation. it is not easy to find liberal moments between those two times when the country agree on the gold and was willing to move forward and make progress in the way we would define progress. it is a tougher hall than most people who hold these values so in that respect, significant that teddy roosevelt proposed national health insurance in 1912 and every democratic president since harry truman has tried to pass that and barack obama passed...
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>> in the modern era, there is not lyndon johnson. the criticism ofim, by david brooks most recently this week, is that he is too much like the senate majority leaderer. the president has the bully pulpit and he used it. at that republicans started screaming bloody murder indicates that they are worried about it. >> charles? >> the problem is that this has the feel of a town where the president, the leader is not beating. he did not propose a budget. well the one he did was voted down by the senate 97-0, it was so preposterous. the democrats in control the senate have not produce a budget in two years. republicans have. we have a president at a full campaign mode was not proposing anything at a public -- who knows whether in private. there is no democratic proposal on the table for a budget. he is demagoguing against medicare and the ryan plan. he has deced do that and that is how you get reelected. that is why the town is floundering. >> consistency has not a problem with republicans. they have endorsed the ryan plan which does not p
>> in the modern era, there is not lyndon johnson. the criticism ofim, by david brooks most recently this week, is that he is too much like the senate majority leaderer. the president has the bully pulpit and he used it. at that republicans started screaming bloody murder indicates that they are worried about it. >> charles? >> the problem is that this has the feel of a town where the president, the leader is not beating. he did not propose a budget. well the one he did was...
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lyndon johnson was challenged in be. the easiest way to lose an incumbent president is to have to fight to battles at once. as much as i come even if i find america's ago with obama, if i thought he was terrible i still wouldn't be against challenging him. i would be building for 2016. >> with that one why don't we opened up to questions from the audience. you can ask about the presidency. you can ask about eric's dietary restrictions. [laughter] [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] >> i can do that. i can be part of it. israel and american jews i want my big issues like pay a lot of attention to it. obama blue in the middle east. there's a very long question. how would one possess obama's dealings with netanyahu and what can we expect from hamas agreement, is that basically it? and egypt. i don't know about egypt. he blew it with regard to the middle east because he started out as he's done altogether too often for many of our case, he started out bold. he made a little resistance and then he ran around. he ran away and
lyndon johnson was challenged in be. the easiest way to lose an incumbent president is to have to fight to battles at once. as much as i come even if i find america's ago with obama, if i thought he was terrible i still wouldn't be against challenging him. i would be building for 2016. >> with that one why don't we opened up to questions from the audience. you can ask about the presidency. you can ask about eric's dietary restrictions. [laughter] [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible]...
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>> in the modn era, there is not lyndon johnson. the criticism of him, by david brooks most recently this week, is that he is too much like the senate majority leader. the president has the bully pulpit and he used it. at that republicans started screaming bloody murder indicates that they are worried about it. >> charles? >> the problem is that this has the feel of a town whe the president, the leader is not beating. he did not propose a budget. well the one he did was voted down by the senate 97-0, it was so preposterous. the democrats in control the senate have not produce a budget in two years. republicans have. we have a president at a full campaign mode wawas not proposing anything at a public -- who knows whether in private. there is no democratic proposal on the table for a budget. he is demagoguing against medicare and the ryan plan. he has decided dohat and that is how you get reelected. that is why the town is floundering. >> consistency has not a problem with republicans. they have endorsed the ryan plan which does not p
>> in the modn era, there is not lyndon johnson. the criticism of him, by david brooks most recently this week, is that he is too much like the senate majority leader. the president has the bully pulpit and he used it. at that republicans started screaming bloody murder indicates that they are worried about it. >> charles? >> the problem is that this has the feel of a town whe the president, the leader is not beating. he did not propose a budget. well the one he did was voted...
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but he has got to be an arm twister behind the scenes, and he is not lyndon johnson. but this is really, really serious now. this is his moment of leadership. this is no joke. he has got to get it done. >> nina? >> in the modern era, there isn't it a lyndon johnson, and the criticism of him, by david brooks this week, is that he's too much like the senate majority leader. the president has a bully pulpit, and he used it, and that at the republicans started screaming bloody murder indicates that they are worried about it. >> charles? >> the problems this at -- problem is that this has the feel of a town with a leader was not leading. he did not propose a budget -- well, the one he did it was voted down by the senate 97-0, it was so preposterous. the democrats in congress have not proposed a budget in two years. the republicans have. what we have is a president in full campaign mode was not proposing anything in public -- who knows whether in private. it seriously, there is no democratic proposal on the table for a budget. he is demagoguing against medicare and the ryan
but he has got to be an arm twister behind the scenes, and he is not lyndon johnson. but this is really, really serious now. this is his moment of leadership. this is no joke. he has got to get it done. >> nina? >> in the modern era, there isn't it a lyndon johnson, and the criticism of him, by david brooks this week, is that he's too much like the senate majority leader. the president has a bully pulpit, and he used it, and that at the republicans started screaming bloody murder...
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but he has got to be an arm twister behind the scenes, and he is not lyndon johnson. but this is really, really serious now. this is his moment of leadership. this is no joke. he has got to get it done. >> nina? >> in the modern era, there isn't it a lyndon johnson, and the criticism of him, by david brooks this week, is that he's too much like the senate majority leader. the president has a bully pulpit, and he used it, and that at the republicans started screaming bloody murder indicates that they are worried about it. >> charles? >> the problems this at -- problem is that this has the feel of a town with a leader was not leading. he did not propose a budget -- well, the one he did it was voted down by the senate 97-0, it was so preposterous. the democrats in congress have not proposed a budget in two years. the republicans have. what we have is a president in full campaign mode was not proposing anything in public -- who knows whether in private. it seriously, there is no democratic proposal on the table for a budget. he is demagoguing against medicare and the ryan
but he has got to be an arm twister behind the scenes, and he is not lyndon johnson. but this is really, really serious now. this is his moment of leadership. this is no joke. he has got to get it done. >> nina? >> in the modern era, there isn't it a lyndon johnson, and the criticism of him, by david brooks this week, is that he's too much like the senate majority leader. the president has a bully pulpit, and he used it, and that at the republicans started screaming bloody murder...
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the chairman thinks that it is lyndon johnson's fault. i do not think that medicare is a terrible thing. i do not think it has caused the same problem. to have a decent middle-class and social security and medicare is something we should be proud of as a country. medicare costs us a lot of money. almost as much, perhaps the same order of magnitude as the pentagon, $700 billion will go to the military. members of this house and voted to continue to spend money in the camps for structure programs in afghanistan when there are people that continue to be arguing the notion that they would go beyond george bush and keep troops in iraq this year when you -- we are in such a terrible financial situation is a difficult thing for me to understand. the majority of this house and voted to give the pentagon and $17 billion increase. money spent in afghanistan end iraq. i do not believe that members who are willing to spend almost without limit should be telling older people to feel embarrassed about getting adequate medical care. >> i now recognize t
the chairman thinks that it is lyndon johnson's fault. i do not think that medicare is a terrible thing. i do not think it has caused the same problem. to have a decent middle-class and social security and medicare is something we should be proud of as a country. medicare costs us a lot of money. almost as much, perhaps the same order of magnitude as the pentagon, $700 billion will go to the military. members of this house and voted to continue to spend money in the camps for structure programs...
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i was thinking lyndon johnson faced this incredibly complicated set of issues. can question imagine hi appointing a humphrey commission, or appoting his vice psident. i mean what is -- what is more important right now that the rewriting of the social contract which i involved in the debt, involved in fing medicare, involv in doing some infrastructure, involved in the budget. that is the most central thing going on right now. and why is it the o biden commission y ask it the obama commission. ople in the white house will say once he gets involved it becomes superpolarizing and it all falls apart. i think that is a bit of a rationalization think is one they have used too much to put him back in the shadows. and i just wish i few whetr it company could dprs some sort of deep sense of caution that he doesn't want to put himself out there or for some other reason. i simply don't know. >> i think his parting position is cautious. it's bridge building. that is his upbringing, that's his early work experience. that's his starting position, his foundation. but then he ha
i was thinking lyndon johnson faced this incredibly complicated set of issues. can question imagine hi appointing a humphrey commission, or appoting his vice psident. i mean what is -- what is more important right now that the rewriting of the social contract which i involved in the debt, involved in fing medicare, involv in doing some infrastructure, involved in the budget. that is the most central thing going on right now. and why is it the o biden commission y ask it the obama commission....
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i still remember lyndon johnson talking about that light at the end of the tunnel. and how the joke was probably some vietcong. [laughter] mariska is a deep sadness that i feel to even raise that. he knows that. he knows about the light at the end of the tunnel. that is why he played around with the phraseology. that is what he is thinking in what is in his mind. to me, that is very sad because it suggests that the end of the day he really doesn't know how we will get out of their. he plays with different formulas kicking the can down the road. when he started december 2009 saying he will have the surge troops go in in that was 30,000. they did not get there until the tail end of the summer so they have won fighting season and they claim to have done quite well. but at this point* you can be sympathetic to the military point* of view to say if you want to get another two or three seasons you could hurt the other guys. general petraeus told the number of his people the most important thing for us right now is to hurt them and turn them bowed. and then they will come
i still remember lyndon johnson talking about that light at the end of the tunnel. and how the joke was probably some vietcong. [laughter] mariska is a deep sadness that i feel to even raise that. he knows that. he knows about the light at the end of the tunnel. that is why he played around with the phraseology. that is what he is thinking in what is in his mind. to me, that is very sad because it suggests that the end of the day he really doesn't know how we will get out of their. he plays...
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johnson as part of his great society program here's an example that i shared with you from the washington post on march sixth one thousand nine hundred three senate budget committee chairman republican pete domenici warned of the nation's governors the other day medicare to me bankrupt in two and a half years and the subway is found to put the brakes on its burgeoning costs and this one from the new york times in january twenty second one nine hundred eighty nine the phone that pays all government reimbursement for hospital care of medicare patients is projected to become insolvent in the next decade or so in fact there's a long history of predicting that medicare is going to go broke any minute the new york times continued that tradition wednesday of this week by writing officials have said that the program which provides health care to people sixty five and older is not sustainable in its current form really fortunately the real economists over at the center for economic and policy research noticed that and wrote in their beat the press blog this is not true there is no as in zero none
johnson as part of his great society program here's an example that i shared with you from the washington post on march sixth one thousand nine hundred three senate budget committee chairman republican pete domenici warned of the nation's governors the other day medicare to me bankrupt in two and a half years and the subway is found to put the brakes on its burgeoning costs and this one from the new york times in january twenty second one nine hundred eighty nine the phone that pays all...
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johnson. the deepest, brightest, most fascinating interviews from bill moyers journal are collected in this book of the same name. bill, so happy to have you here. >> pleasure to be with you, rachel. >> one of the things i was struck by in reading your book and watching the show is the respect that you have for individual journalists. and the contrasting worry you have about the media as an institution today. how do you think we are doing at explaining our role to each other? >> not that well. i mean, some journalists do it very well, and others don't. but we don't explain it very well to the public at large. and i guess we can't. the murdoch scandal doesn't help. a group of people already held in low repute by the public at large. in fact, it's very interesting that what rupert murdoch had been doing to the royal family, to parties of england, to celebrities, didn't create much stir. in fact, lots of people liked it. but when the hacking apparently and allegedly went into the family of the ph
johnson. the deepest, brightest, most fascinating interviews from bill moyers journal are collected in this book of the same name. bill, so happy to have you here. >> pleasure to be with you, rachel. >> one of the things i was struck by in reading your book and watching the show is the respect that you have for individual journalists. and the contrasting worry you have about the media as an institution today. how do you think we are doing at explaining our role to each other?...
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johnson's great society program. it was my republican grandmother who gave an admonition to my father. she said to him, david, it will not be you who pays for all of these programs for the great society. it will be davy and michele, my older brother and myself, and now my grandmother's prediction has come true. i firmly believe that neither my democrat father, nor my republican grandmother, would have ever condoned the spending and the debt that america is in during today. i had not planned on getting into polics. i loved law. i went to law school. then i went on and became a tax lawyer. together with my husband, we created a successful small business and jobs for people in our area. and when i saw the problems in our local school district and how academic excellence was being eroded by federal government interference with the local schools, i decided i needed to do more than just complain. i decided that it was one of those i know of values that has been instilled in me, which was to always leave whenever i found as
johnson's great society program. it was my republican grandmother who gave an admonition to my father. she said to him, david, it will not be you who pays for all of these programs for the great society. it will be davy and michele, my older brother and myself, and now my grandmother's prediction has come true. i firmly believe that neither my democrat father, nor my republican grandmother, would have ever condoned the spending and the debt that america is in during today. i had not planned on...
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since lyndon johnson in 1964 to win that state. the president has an advantage there. the larger the population in that section, the more that puts it in place for president obama. host: iowa, dan, democratic line. have you been seeing candidates out and about? caller: 0, yes. it's pretty sad. it's nothing but politics. whoever does end up getting the big prize is going to be the one that's comes up and tries to repeal the 2010 vote by the supreme court, citizens united. that has given corporations control of the vote, control power. they can funnel as much money wherever they want. they can tie up anybody in the courtroom because they do have the money. this alone is the reason why we see an ongoing political thing year to year. it does not take a break any more. host: are you getting out to meet any republican candidates about the issues even though you are a democrat? caller: yes, i work with people that get along with michelle bachmann and stuff like that. it's a corporate game. why would people with millions of dollars want to
since lyndon johnson in 1964 to win that state. the president has an advantage there. the larger the population in that section, the more that puts it in place for president obama. host: iowa, dan, democratic line. have you been seeing candidates out and about? caller: 0, yes. it's pretty sad. it's nothing but politics. whoever does end up getting the big prize is going to be the one that's comes up and tries to repeal the 2010 vote by the supreme court, citizens united. that has given...
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since lyndon johnson in 1964 to win that state. the president has an advantage there. the larger the population in that section, the more that puts it in place for president obama. host: iowa, dan, democratic line. have you been seeing candidates out and about? caller: 0, yes. it's pretty sad. it's nothing but politics. whoever does end up getting the big prize is going to be the one that's comes up andries to repeal the 2010 vote by the supreme court, citizens united. that has given corporations control of the vote, control power. they can funneas much money wherever they want. they can tie up anybod in the courtroom because they do have e money. this alone is the reason why we see an ongoing political thing year to year. it does t take a break any more. host: are you getting out to meet any republican candidates about the issues even though you are a democrat? caller: yes, i work with people that get along with michelle bachmann and stuff like that. it's a corporate game. why would people with millions of dollars wt to run for of
since lyndon johnson in 1964 to win that state. the president has an advantage there. the larger the population in that section, the more that puts it in place for president obama. host: iowa, dan, democratic line. have you been seeing candidates out and about? caller: 0, yes. it's pretty sad. it's nothing but politics. whoever does end up getting the big prize is going to be the one that's comes up andries to repeal the 2010 vote by the supreme court, citizens united. that has given...
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he was a former aide to lyndon johnson, cabinet secretary under jimmy carter. when he left government he found add public interest think tank devoted to fighting drug abuse. and in 2008, the same year we were buying our drugs online, the same year the woman south of seattle was buying hers online, joseph califano was writing to google telling their chairman and executive chairman, erik schmidt, that google was filled with prominent displays of ads for rogue pharmacies suggesting that google is profiting from advertisements for illegal sales of controlled prescription drugs online. google says it stopped the practice last year and it's filed lawsuits against some of the online drug advertisers, but califano says these sites appear and thin disappear, often overnight. >> i wrote to mr. schmidt and asked him, please, you have to look at what's going on. why are we having such an explosion in prescription drug abuse among teenagers and kids? but where do they get them? >> reporter: google, he said, never responded. and google still isn't responding, telling cnn thr
he was a former aide to lyndon johnson, cabinet secretary under jimmy carter. when he left government he found add public interest think tank devoted to fighting drug abuse. and in 2008, the same year we were buying our drugs online, the same year the woman south of seattle was buying hers online, joseph califano was writing to google telling their chairman and executive chairman, erik schmidt, that google was filled with prominent displays of ads for rogue pharmacies suggesting that google is...
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and say that bill clinton is as liberal as the image, the presidential image of the '90s, lyndon johnson, to try to turn bill clinton into this. here's bill clinton with george mcgovern. no few, again, granted, that is bill clinton. and in 2000 it plays out again. you've got the frat boy aristocrat, george w. bush, running against an actual vietnam war veteran, and be it becomes this. he turns himself into this, he citessal gore's '60s-seeming interest in the environment to turn al gore into, basically, a '60s grown-up yuppie. so this continues to play out. all right, now, a little bit of trivia. just, we're going to break this up with some trivia questions just to make this a little fun. all right. and we're going to give you the answers at the end. what was the name of the song that patrick swayze performed on the "dirty dancing" soundtrack? so if you want to write them down, a, i've had the time of my life, b, she's like the wind, c baby in the corner, d, hungry eyes. i've got three sections just to quiz you. what famous actor played the corpse in "the big chill"? christopher reeve, h
and say that bill clinton is as liberal as the image, the presidential image of the '90s, lyndon johnson, to try to turn bill clinton into this. here's bill clinton with george mcgovern. no few, again, granted, that is bill clinton. and in 2000 it plays out again. you've got the frat boy aristocrat, george w. bush, running against an actual vietnam war veteran, and be it becomes this. he turns himself into this, he citessal gore's '60s-seeming interest in the environment to turn al gore into,...
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it was destroyed the presidency of lyndon johnson. he knew it would be a great burden to hubert humphrey. the brilliance of his consideration of the world at that time was that he could see there might be a possibility of splitting the communist world and creating circumstances where he could leapfrog out of the vietnam quagmire and reposition united states as the most maneuverable and secure element in a strategic triangle. what is interesting about the 1967 article, asia after vietnam, is its title. he was thinking beyond the quagmire. how do i get out of vietnam into a new environment? the other thing that is interesting is that as we read the article today, there is somebody who is not mentioned. there is a dog dead is not barking. there is almost no mention of the soviet union. what ever thinking was going on, it was not communicated and anything but the most elliptical fashion where mr. nixon had talked about the need to engage china so that it would not persist in its posture of angry isolation. the 1967 article really did not
it was destroyed the presidency of lyndon johnson. he knew it would be a great burden to hubert humphrey. the brilliance of his consideration of the world at that time was that he could see there might be a possibility of splitting the communist world and creating circumstances where he could leapfrog out of the vietnam quagmire and reposition united states as the most maneuverable and secure element in a strategic triangle. what is interesting about the 1967 article, asia after vietnam, is its...
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as president lyndon johnson said -- and i quote -- "there are no problems we cannot solve together and very few that we can solve by ourselves." democrats and republicans have rarely needed to come together more than today. i know this agreement won't make every republican happy. it certainly won't make every democrat happy either. but both parties gave more ground than they wanted to and neither side got as much as it had hoped. but that is the essence of compromise, of consensus building, and the american people demanded compromise this week and they got it. mr. mcconnell: madam president? the presiding officer: the republican leader. mr. mcconnell: this is an important moment for our count country. i appreciate the majority leader's comments and want to say a few words to our colleagues who have been so patient over the past several days. and whose ideas and encouragement have been so helpful in getting us to this point. first of all, let me reiterate that before any agreement is reached, republicans will meet to discuss the framework that the white house and congressional leaders i
as president lyndon johnson said -- and i quote -- "there are no problems we cannot solve together and very few that we can solve by ourselves." democrats and republicans have rarely needed to come together more than today. i know this agreement won't make every republican happy. it certainly won't make every democrat happy either. but both parties gave more ground than they wanted to and neither side got as much as it had hoped. but that is the essence of compromise, of consensus...
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it was destroying the presidency of lyndon johnson. he knew it would be a great burden to his likely candidate and challenger, hubert humphrey. the brilliance of his consideration of the world at that time was that he could see that there might be a possibility of splitting the communist world and creating circumstances where he could leapfrog out of the quagmire and reposition the u.s. as the most maneuverable and secure element in a strategic situation. it is very interesting about the 1967 article that dick allen has referred to is that it is very -- he was thinking beyond the quagmire. how do i get out of vietnam? the other thing that is interesting as we read the article, for someone who was mentioning the article, there is a dog who isn't working. there's almost no mention of the soviet union. whatever thinking that was going on was not communicated but in the most elliptical fashion where mr. nixon had talked about the need to engage china and so that it would not persist in its posture of angry isolation. the article did not ga
it was destroying the presidency of lyndon johnson. he knew it would be a great burden to his likely candidate and challenger, hubert humphrey. the brilliance of his consideration of the world at that time was that he could see that there might be a possibility of splitting the communist world and creating circumstances where he could leapfrog out of the quagmire and reposition the u.s. as the most maneuverable and secure element in a strategic situation. it is very interesting about the 1967...
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you can't do a lyndon johnson. you can't start fighting wars and not raise revenues to pay for them. >> you're not going to get the revenue so you should end the war. >> we'll do a little bit of everything. one plan or what? >> both sides in you broad the rockies. walk us quickly what's inside deficit reduction plans on each side. >> fair enough. bowles-you simpson set the standard. they came out with $4 trillion of deficit reduction over the next ten years. the paul ryan plan that you remember got to about the same amount of deficit reduction, $4 trillion. the obama plan is $2.5 trillion of deficit reduction and now what i call the biden talks they are at zero they have talked about a trillion dollars of spending use. they are a long way from the number that we've seen from others. even if the bowles-simpson plan were adopted we would have $6 trillion more debt than we have now. let's look quickly at where the cuts come from. bowles-. simpson would cut spending. ryan would cut taxes by 4.6 trillion. obama 1.7 tril
you can't do a lyndon johnson. you can't start fighting wars and not raise revenues to pay for them. >> you're not going to get the revenue so you should end the war. >> we'll do a little bit of everything. one plan or what? >> both sides in you broad the rockies. walk us quickly what's inside deficit reduction plans on each side. >> fair enough. bowles-you simpson set the standard. they came out with $4 trillion of deficit reduction over the next ten years. the paul...
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lyndon johnson surveying the battlefield would say the only people that know a damn about leverage are the crazy republicans because they know they are going up against somebody who will back down. i can tell you again, as a lawyer, if you know the other side always if you knew the other side was afraid to go to court and try the case, you get them in mediation and say okay. lowball them and say okay. we are just going to walk out. no. that guy was not going to go in the courtroom. he was terrible in the courtroom and his clients would suffer because of it. it's the same thing here. >> there's no question that the president has weakened himself over time by compromising and compromising. the republicans have gained an enormous amount. the question is, this is where you get to the craziness of the house republicans. you know when to take your victory and go home. this is against their irrationality. there's only so much the president can do. they use leverage the way you are talking about, and are literally over the brink. >> i know this. i know bill clinton broke our backs and we were
lyndon johnson surveying the battlefield would say the only people that know a damn about leverage are the crazy republicans because they know they are going up against somebody who will back down. i can tell you again, as a lawyer, if you know the other side always if you knew the other side was afraid to go to court and try the case, you get them in mediation and say okay. lowball them and say okay. we are just going to walk out. no. that guy was not going to go in the courtroom. he was...
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. >> mike barnicle, finish the sentence for me, keep your friends close -- >> lyndon johnson -- >> straight out of "the god father," keep your friends close, keep your enemies closer. general petraeus had been sort of quietly complaining behind the scenes, just like mcchrystal, about this white house. suddenly mcchrystal goes up in flames and he looks at petraeus and says, general, you're running afghanistan. and then, general, you're running the cia. >> and one of the elements of general petraeus going to the cia and both david and jack just touched upon it is petraeus seems to have a knack for identifying and aligning themselves with really smart people. there are a lot of really smart people in langley working at the cia. and now he's got a defense secretary, leon panetta, who too knows about the talent level at the cia. and the merger of these two institutions, defense department intelligence and cia intelligence and operational staff in the field, it could be the finest days for both units. >> wes, it could be a brilliant move. >> absolutely. and the interesting thing about the move fo
. >> mike barnicle, finish the sentence for me, keep your friends close -- >> lyndon johnson -- >> straight out of "the god father," keep your friends close, keep your enemies closer. general petraeus had been sort of quietly complaining behind the scenes, just like mcchrystal, about this white house. suddenly mcchrystal goes up in flames and he looks at petraeus and says, general, you're running afghanistan. and then, general, you're running the cia. >> and...
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very difficult -- lyndon baines johnson, used his political astuteness and crossed those very difficult lines, those in congress who couldn't support any manner of civil rights legislation, isn't that a miracle what we thought we could not do? and that president, who i owe such a great debt of attitude, that master of the political process, lyndon baines johnson, the creator of the great society of which many of us now benefit from, pell grants and medicare and housing, that person we call the president at that time, orchestrated groups that possibly would never speak to each other and voted to change and move america forward. and so i ask the question -- what makes president obama different? i cannot imagine coming this far in my life, that of my children's life and that of others to come to a point where we would use the uniqueness and the difference of this president to treat him differently. if that is not getting our way, then there's no reason why we can't come together and solve this problem. as some would say, this is not rocket science. it is voting for the right approach, and
very difficult -- lyndon baines johnson, used his political astuteness and crossed those very difficult lines, those in congress who couldn't support any manner of civil rights legislation, isn't that a miracle what we thought we could not do? and that president, who i owe such a great debt of attitude, that master of the political process, lyndon baines johnson, the creator of the great society of which many of us now benefit from, pell grants and medicare and housing, that person we call the...
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johnson. host: so your question, sir? guest: well, this is set up, it's purposefully set up for this to happen. host: we'll leave it there. impltsdz there's a clear disagreement about the scale and scope of the social safety net and really the role of government. yomping inn's made any defense otherwise. if you look at some of the things that were done in the house passed budget they were deeply different approaches to trying to provide a safety net in the united states. that's a legitimate and important debate to have. there's a second aspect of the gentleman's remarks which is that somehow there is a deliberate desire to have the public finances not add up and thus endanger the country and i find it hard to believe that in good faith over several decades that either party would have wanted us to come tot this situation we are now where things are so rad cliss out of balance and so dangerous to the next generation that we have to really get serious about fixing them. . . that's what fee for s
johnson. host: so your question, sir? guest: well, this is set up, it's purposefully set up for this to happen. host: we'll leave it there. impltsdz there's a clear disagreement about the scale and scope of the social safety net and really the role of government. yomping inn's made any defense otherwise. if you look at some of the things that were done in the house passed budget they were deeply different approaches to trying to provide a safety net in the united states. that's a legitimate and...
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johnson coming to visit him. the head of the health care system here at walter reed says it's going to be a bittersweet event today. let's listen. >> walter reed is an icon. you go any place in the world and talk to anyone in the military and even if they can't speak english, you say the words walter reed and they know exactly what you're talking about. so a true iconic status. >> that will end for this facility. but it continues a few miles away in bethesda, maryland where the new medical center will be opening today. a ceremony at 10:00 o'clock with staff and former patients as they retire the flag, making this no longer an active military installation. back to you guys. >> steve: all right. steve, north of the capitol in washington, we thank you very much. let's bring in laura ingraham who has got the great book burning up the charts. good morning to you, laura. >> hey, guys. great to see you. >> steve: great to have you. we should start with the first question. have you ever washed your hair in beer? >> gretc
johnson coming to visit him. the head of the health care system here at walter reed says it's going to be a bittersweet event today. let's listen. >> walter reed is an icon. you go any place in the world and talk to anyone in the military and even if they can't speak english, you say the words walter reed and they know exactly what you're talking about. so a true iconic status. >> that will end for this facility. but it continues a few miles away in bethesda, maryland where the new...
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johnson. host: so your question, sir? guest: well, this is set up, it'surposefully set up for this to happen. host: we'll leave it there. impltsdz there's a clr disagreement about the scale and scope of the social safety neand really the role of government. yomping inn's made any defense otherwise. if you look at some of the things that were done the house passed budget they were deeply different approaches to trying to provi a safety net in the united states. that's a legitimate and important debate to have. there's a second pect of the gentleman's remarks which is that somehow there is a deliberate desire to have the public finances not add up and thus endanger the country and i findit hard to believe that in good faith over several decades that either party would have wanted us to come tot this situation we are now where things are so rad cliss out of balance and so dangerous to the next generation that we have to really get serious about fixing them. . . that's what fee for service medicin
johnson. host: so your question, sir? guest: well, this is set up, it'surposefully set up for this to happen. host: we'll leave it there. impltsdz there's a clr disagreement about the scale and scope of the social safety neand really the role of government. yomping inn's made any defense otherwise. if you look at some of the things that were done the house passed budget they were deeply different approaches to trying to provi a safety net in the united states. that's a legitimate and important...